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English to English noun
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ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun |  | source: wordnet30
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the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals | | source: wordnet30
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hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles | | source: wordnet30
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the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts | | source: wordnet30
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the exterior covering of a bird's egg | | source: wordnet30
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a rigid covering that envelops an object | | Example: the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice
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a very light narrow racing boat | | source: wordnet30
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the housing or outer covering of something | | Example: the clock has a walnut case
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a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) | | source: wordnet30
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the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod | | source: wordnet30
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A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal. | | source: webster1913
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Something similar in form or action to an ordnance shell; | | source: webster1913 verb
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use explosives on | | Example: The enemy has been shelling us all day
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create by using explosives | | Example: blast a passage through the mountain
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fall out of the pod or husk | | Example: The corn shelled
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hit the pitches of hard and regularly | | Example: He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning
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look for and collect shells by the seashore | | source: wordnet30
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come out better in a competition, race, or conflict | | Example: Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
We beat the competition
Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
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remove from its shell or outer covering | | Example: shell the legumes
shell mussels
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remove the husks from | | Example: husk corn
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To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell oysters. | | source: webster1913
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To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc. | | source: webster1913
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